Re: Qmail-LDAP License

Hugo Monteiro <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.qmail.ldap
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 03/24/2010 12:00 PM, Claudio Jeker wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:10:32AM +0000, Hugo Monteiro wrote:
>    
>> Andre, Claudio, et al,
>>
>> Since DJB changed his lincensing model, putting his work on public
>> domain, and having read the Qmail-LDAP patch license, which states:
>>
>> "This copyright notice applies to the qmail-ldap patch. It does not apply
>> to the original qmail-1.03 by Dan Bernstein. It also partly applies to
>> the resulting source and object code. In that Dan Bernsteins copyright
>> remains intact and is enhanced with ours as derivative work."
>>
>> Am i right to assume that the patch itself is now in the public
>> domain also? I mean, if the DJB software lincense is to remain
>> intact, then the Qmail-LDAP license, through what is stated, cannot
>> be more restrictive than the qmail original license, right?
>>
>> Please correct me if i'm overlooking any aspect of this.
>>
>>      
> No the qmail-ldap patches are under a 4-clause BSD license. Files that were added
> by our patch actually have a license at the top. The qmail-ldap patch is
> not in public domain.
>
>    


Hi Claudio,

Thanks for setting this straight. =)

Best Regards,

Hugo Monteiro.

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